10-letter words containing p, c, f
- pomace fly — vinegar fly.
- pontefract — a city in West Yorkshire, in N central England, SE of Leeds: ruins of a 12th-century castle.
- pontifical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- pontifices — plural of pontifex.
- prefascist — relating to fascist leanings before Fascism was founded in 1919
- prefecture — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
- preference — the act of preferring.
- prefinance — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- prespecify — to specify in advance
- princified — like a prince
- profascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- proficient — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- profiction — the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
- profligacy — shameless dissoluteness.
- profluence — abundance
- proof copy — a copy of (a book, story, etc) made from trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) for the correction of errors
- puff piece — a newspaper article, book, public-relations film, etc., whose purpose is to praise or flatter.
- punctiform — shaped like or of the nature of a point or dot.
- respectful — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- rifampicin — a drug used in the treatment of tuberculosis, meningitis, and leprosy
- riflescope — a telescopic sight mounted on top of a rifle that helps to improve one's aim by magnifying and pinpointing a target.
- roof space — the attic space inside a roof
- safe space — a place or forum where people can openly discuss controversial subjects without fear of reprisal
- scapa flow — an area of water off the N coast of Scotland, in the Orkney Islands: British naval base; German warships scuttled 1919.
- schafskopf — sheepshead (def 4).
- scyphiform — shaped like a cup or goblet.
- self-paced — (of an educational system, course, etc.) done or designed to be accomplished at the student's own speed: self-paced instruction.
- shockproof — Also, shock-proof. (of timepieces, machinery, etc.) protected against damage resulting from anticipated shocks.
- spacecraft — a vehicle designed for travel or operation in space beyond the earth's atmosphere or in orbit around the earth.
- spec cfp92 — (benchmark) A benchmark suite from SPEC containing 14 programs performing floating-point computations. 12 are written in Fortran and two in C. They can be used to estimate the performance of CPU, memory system, and compiler code generation. The individual programs are Circuit Design, Simulation (2x), Quantum Chemistry (3x), Electromagnetism, Geometric Translation, Optics, Robotics, Medical Simulation, Quantum Physics, Astrophysics, NASA Kernels. The benchmark suite can be used either for speed measurement, resulting in SPEC ratios, or for throughput measurement, resulting in SPEC rates
- spiflicate — to destroy; annihilate
- subprefect — an administrator junior to a prefect or chief official
- superfecta — a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first four finishers in exact order.
- superflack — an extremely competent, successful press agent
- suspectful — suspicious
- torporific — causing torpor.
- unpacified — to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
- unpeaceful — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
- unprolific — not prolific or fertile; barren
- unspecific — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.